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Slap Image

Slap fingerprints (slaps) are taken by simultaneously pressing the fingers of one hand(i.e., without the thumb) onto a scanner or fingerprint card. Slaps are also known as fourfinger simultaneous plain impressions (although if the person has more than four fingerson a hand, all of the fingers may be included in the slap image).

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link